The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-06
MINOR MENTION.

MINOR MENTION.
FLOWERS are always beautiful, popular and
admired. They match everything, fit all times
and places, and appropriate everywhere,
from the cradle to the grave, from a wedding to
funeral from play house to pulpit. They are
everybody's friend. They grateful to more
than sense, pleasing by their bright colors.
and soothing by their delicate perfumes. That
is, if they have any perfume. and generally if
they have not they make up in brightness of
color. Autumn flowers are brighter than those
OF spring midsummer, and among the bright
est Of autumn flowers is the chrysanthemum
The modern chrysanthemum is evolution of
an old-fashoned border flower, and very differ
ent from its prototype-larger. better developed
brighter colored superior in every way. It
shows breeding and culture. In recent years
chrysan millennium shows have become popular.
Collected in great numbers and massed in
coIors they make a brilliant spectacle.
The varieties are numerous and the shading
OF colors very beautiful And they have
faint fresh odor, of honest, mother
earth. Culture has done a great deal
for the chry sauthemum. The old yellow and
white and red varieties of our early recollection
have spread their pristine colors through whole
new sisterhood of multiform shape and shades
incurred, outcurved, plumed and curled pure
white. dead white. ivory white cream white.
rich golden, amber. pale amber, old gold. green
gold, crimson, reached through all the shades of
pink, and red, purple. almost blue some of
the new surprises among our old garden favorites.
The chrysanthemum show which opens at Tom
linson Hall next Friday evening is effort
the part of the florists of this and other cities to
inaugurate a new sort of annual exhibition and
give a new impetus to the love of flowers. We
do not understand that it is a money making af-
fair; but there is some expense attending it, and
for this as well as for artistic reasons the fors
lists deserve the patronage of the public The.
show will be feast for the eyes.
The typographical error is affection from
which there has hitherto seemed to be way of
escape. The victims suffer those without
hope. The thing is printed and stares US in the
face; it fills us with shame and anger, but
rage and tear our hair in vain-there is help.
That is there has been supposed to be none
The star actress in that noble peripatetic drama
entitled ''Catnip Tea" has refused to submit to
what less determined persons have considered
the inevitable The play was given in Baltimore
last week, and on the first evening all went we'll
until the curtain fell on the first act Then
there was a wait: it was long and wearisome
and the audience grumbled Finally the mana
ger came out aud announcing that an actress
had tainted besought the patience of the people,
After while the curtain rose and the play
went on. Subsequently an inquisitive reporter
learned that the star had not tainted but had
discovered that there was error in the assign
ment of parts on the printed programmes, and
had refused to go with the performance until
the mistake was corrected. Naturally this must
cin tha rad Int
to no effect. Miss "Star' had made up her
mind, and that settled it. The correction was
made and new programmes printed 1t was a
great victory. and long line of sufferers from
misplaced type stand ready to congratulate the
young woman on her determined stand for her
rights and her triumph.
A PICKPocKEr arrested at Memphis the other
day claimed to be the erring son of an English
nobleman and said one of his sisters was the
wife of prominent member of the Dominion
government, whose name he refused to give.
Nevertheless he was convicted and sentenced TO
three years in the penitentiary. The usual mo-
ton for a new trialswas overruled and his coun-
sci gave notice of appeal. In the meantime
he communicated with the Bank of Toronto,
Canada. representing his situation. The bank
at once telegraphed that it was authorized by in
any amount of money that would be necessary
to secure his appeal bond. The bank also tele-
graphed credit of $500. This gave color to
his claim of influential connections, but the
court refused to accept money as security and
the young man was sent over the road The
moral of this seems to be that well-connected
young men should think several times before
they engage in picking pockets.
TO-DAY has been appointed by the presiding
elders of the Northwest Iowa Conference for the
taking of a collection in aid of the Haddock
fund. It is expected that So, 600 will be raised
within the conference boundaries and that con-
triputions wi Il come in from other sources The
feeling prevails that the trial of Arensdorf
which is set for the I4th inst, will be more in
teresting than the former This is one of
the in which justice seems unusually per-
sistent and long winded Il should be SO always
AT the funeral of Mennonite bishop in Penn
sylvania male members of the church. who were
present to the number of several hundred
saluted each other with kiss. as is the custom
on such occasions. If Gordon, of Georgia. is
Mennonite the Morgan kiss is accounted for.
Gordon came mp to attend the funeral of tie
Ohio Democracy.
ACCORDING to Chattanooga reporter. Cover
nor Gordon brands" the story of the Morgan
kiss AS a malicious falsehood This denial is in
strict accordance with the noble principle, early
instiiled into the properly-traned male mind,
that it is exceedingly sinfu. to kiss and tell"
Mr. EMIL PAUL, of New York, who aspires to
the position of champion quail-eate has issued
q challenge TO eat quail 'for sixty days, go as
You please, barring pepsin or any other digest
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dence so far as to say: THE last great match